Scientific Name: Flindersia australis

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  • Pronunciation:
    flin-DERS-ee-ah aus-TRAR-lis
  • Common Name:
    Crows Ash
  • Derivation:
    Flindersia: honours explorer Matthew Flinders ||australis: southern
  • Type:
    Tree , semi-deciduous
  • Family:
    FLINDERSIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    September to February. white, 5 petalled. 10 mm. in clusters to 15 cm long. spring summer.
  • Fruit:
    Capsule brown woody bluntly prickled outside. To 9 cm, 5 segments, spring summer.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry and sub-tropical rainforests and as remnant tree in scrubby areas
  • Species List:
    Cooroibah 26.4.09, Batianoff 87, Upper Yandina Creek, NNP Palm Grove Dandaloo, Kin Kin Arboretum, Stratford Park, Regional Ecosystem 12.8.13. Regional Ecosystem 12.9-10.16. Regional Ecosystem 12.9-10.16x1.
Cultural Notes

Timber: creamy yellow in colour, close grained, of great strength and durability, used for flooring, decking. boat-building, furniture.||

Identification Notes

Semi-deciduous. ||Leaves alternate (less frequently opposite), compound. 5-9 leaflets. Leaves clustered towards branchlet ends. Aromatic when crushed. Base of petiole distinctly ridged on either side.||First four seedling leaves are trifoliate . ||Trunk: tall straight with mottled grey bark. Leaf scars distinct. ||

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Hesperilla donnysaicaria, Spotted skipper.

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propogated by Noosa & District Landcare. ||Fire retardant species. ||Bushy shade tree for average soils.|||Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye||Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||